Of PTPTN and Dreams (With BM Translation)
Johan
“I am an average student, in an average family, of average income;
To a regular school I went, for a world class education I’m told;
Average results I got, sufficient for a world class degree they say;
Offers come in the mail, accredited university colleges they claim;
No money no problem, PTPTN would pay;
Future assured, job in waiting, repaying PTPTN no problem;
Study I did, average I don’t know, sufficient to yield;
Results I got, degree in hand, family & I happy as can be.
6 months pass, a year done, jobs are none;
2nd year moving, take work that come, income there is, expenses are more;
Interviews I attend, foreign graduates taken;
Positions are few, local employers are squeezed, foreign employers are scarce;
Productivity and results required, training unproductive, high income a dream;
Menial jobs I’ll take, overqualified they say, foreign workers selected;
Entrepreneurship I’m left, skills I’m lost, desire I have, energy is gone;
Unable to cope, PTPTN is due.
Oh where is the promised land? Where is the sanctuary?
Was I deceived? Was this my choice?
Real life is tough, average is ignored, excellence is jobbed and finds reward;
My training mediocre, excellence unknown, my efforts unappreciated;
Degree not chased, PTPTN need not qualify, all is given, not my true choice;
Wrongly nurtured, unable to reverse, unable to blame, back to me, fingers pointed;
A comedy I’m made, a debt instrument I’ve been, by leaders I trust?
To repay I wish, honour I must, but the dream remains …”
Johan
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Berkenaan PTPTN dan Impian
Berkenaan PTPTN dan Impian
“Ku seorang sederhana, dalam keluarga sederhana, dengan pendapatan sederhana;
Ke sekolah biasa ku pergi, bagi pendidikan taraf antarabangsa ku dibagitahu;
Keputusan ku sederhana, cukup bagi sarjana taraf anatarabangsa mereka kata;
Tawaran diterima di peti pos, universiti kolej terlayak dinyata;
Takda wang, takda masaalah, PTPTN akan bayar;
Masa depan terjamin, pekerjaan mununggu, membayar balik PTPTN tiada masaalah;
Ku memang belajar,sederhana ku tak tahu, cukuplah untuk berhasil;
Keputusan ku dapat, sarjana dalam tangan, keluarga dan saya seronok bergembira.
6 bulan terlepas, setahun terhabis, pekerjaan tiada;
Tahun ke2 berjalan, apa jua kerja diambil, pendapatan ada, perbelanjaan berlebihan;
Temuduga ku hadir, mahasiswa luar nagara diambil;
Jawatan kurang, majikan tempatan tertekan, majikan asing segelintir;
Produktiviti dan keputusan perlu, latihan ku berkurangan, pendapatan tinggi satu impian;
Pekerjaan rendah ku sanggup, kelayakan terlalu tinggi dikata, pekerja asing dipilih;
Berniagalah ku terpaksa, kemahiran ku tiada, keinginan ku ada, tenaga tertakda;
Tak tertahan ku menyara, PTPTN kena dibayar.
Oh! di mana hidup yang dijanji? Di mana kesejahteraan?
Adakah ku dipelawa? Adakah ini pilihan saya?
Hidup memang susah, kesederhanaan diketepikan, kecemerlangan digaji dan dapat lumayan;
Latihan ku rendah, kecemerlangan tidak diketahui, usaha ku tidak disanjungi;
Sarjana tidak dikejar, PTPTN tak payah layak, semua diberi, bukan pilihan ku sejati;
Dibimbing salah, tak dapat disemulakan, tak boleh menyalahi, kepada ku, jari menunjuk;
Komidi ku dibuat, dana hutang ku dijadi, oleh kepimpinan ku percaya?
Membayar balik ku ingin, mulia ku mesti, tapi impian berterusan …”
Johan
